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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union address:
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
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By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in the State of the Union Address:
"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2013 in a speech:
"When the Affordable Care Act was signed, 17 million American children" had a pre-existing condition and were "uninsurable."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on January 30, 2013 in a news conference:
Florida has "the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2013
Dan Becker
Dan Becker
stated on January 14, 2013 in a news release:
"This is the first time since Roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn."
False
By Janel Davis • February 8, 2013
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on January 9, 2013 in an interview:
"One-third of the gasoline is purchased by out-of-state people" in Virginia
False
By Nancy Madsen • February 5, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2013 in an interview on PBS:
Says "the jurisdictions with the strictest gun control laws, almost without exception … have the highest crime rates and the highest murder rates."
False
By Sue Owen • February 1, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 17, 2013 in a panel discussion on poverty:
"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 30, 2013
Internet commenters
Internet commenters
stated on January 21, 2013 in website comments:
A Paul Ryan-Scott Walker (or Scott Walker-Paul Ryan) ticket for the White House in 2016 would be unconstitutional because both men live in Wisconsin.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 28, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 20, 2013 in his Fox News show:
Under President Barack Obama, "8.3 (million) fewer Americans are working today than there were four years ago."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 5, 2012 in a news conference.:
Says Virginia economic development officials "decided they didn’t want to bid on" his company's electric automobile plant.
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2013 in a press conference.:
Says Texas public school funding grew three times the rate of enrollment from 2002 to 2012.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter:
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2013
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech:
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • January 16, 2013
Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 in a council resolution:
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Vince Megna
Vince Megna
stated on January 1, 2013 in a statement on campaign website:
"200 consumer laws were destroyed" in 2011 when Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 92.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2013
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview:
"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 7, 2013 in a press conference:
Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2013
Amy Kremer
Amy Kremer
stated on January 3, 2013 in an interview:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss votes more with Democrats than with conservatives.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 8, 2013
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